1982–83 Football League

84th season of the Football League The Football League 1982–83 Liverpool 1981–82 1983–84 The 1982–83 season was the 84th completed season of The Football League. Bob Paisley’s last season as Liverpool manager ended on a high as they topped the First Division with a comfortable lead. Paisley retired as Liverpool manager with a record 21 prizes in nine years.December 2019 His successor was the club's long-serving coach Joe Fagan. Newly promoted Watford were the shock of the season, finishing in second place in their first season in the top flight. Manchester City were relegated despite a four-year spending spree totalling around £5million. Swansea City were also relegated after only their second season as a First Division club. They had finished sixth a year earlier and at several stages had topped the league table. Brighton & Hove Albion joined them on the way down. Queens Park Rangers, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City won promotion to the First Division. Rotherham United, Burnley and Bolton Wanderers were relegated to the Third Division. It was another blow for Bolton, who had been relegated from the First Division three years earlier. Charlton Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers both came within hours of going bankrupt but were both saved by respective new owners. Portsmouth's revival continued as they ran away with the Third Division championship, followed closely behind by runners-up Cardiff City and third-placed Huddersfield Town. Newport County finished 4th, their highest post-World War II position in the Football League. Occupying the four relegation places were Reading, Wrexham, Doncaster Rovers and Chesterfield. Wimbledon were crowned Fourth Division champions. Hull City, Port Vale and Scunthorpe United occupied the other three promotion places. The re-election system went in favour of the bottom four sides in the Fourth Division, all of whom were re-elected for the following season, but had things gone differently then Blackpool could have gone out of the Football League little over a decade after they had been a First Division side.March 2018 At the end of the season, Fourth Division strugglers Crewe Alexandra appointed Milan-born ex-Wimbledon manager Dario Gradi as their new manager. Final league tables and results The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website,https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1982-83.html England 1982–83 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100126001332/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1981-82.html 26 January 2010 live with home and away statistics separated. During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. First Division First Division 1982–83 Liverpool14th English title Manchester CitySwansea CityBrighton & Hove Albion European Cup Liverpool Cup Winners' Cup Manchester UnitedSwansea City UEFA Cup Aston VillaNottingham ForestTottenham HotspurWatford Luther Blissett(27 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Watford 8–0 Sunderland(25 September 1982) Notts County 0–6 Ipswich Town(25 September 1982) Luton Town 5–3 Notts County(4 September 1982)Stoke City 4–4 Luton Town(25 September 1982)Watford 8–0 Sunderland(25 September 1982)Watford 5–3 Notts County(12 March 1983) 462 1264 6 matchesLiverpool 19 matchesLiverpool 6 matchesWest Bromwich Albion 1981–82 1983–84 Liverpool were dominant throughout Bob Paisley's final season as manager, retaining the league title and winning a third successive League Cup. Paisley, who had won 21 major trophies in nine seasons as manager, handed over the reins to his assistant Joe Fagan. Second place in the league went to Watford, who took the First Division by storm in their first season at this level. Manchester United won the FA Cup in Ron Atkinson's second season as manager, and also finished third in the league for the second consecutive season. Tottenham Hotspur continued to thrive, finishing fourth and qualifying for the UEFA Cup, although they failed to add any silverware to the FA Cup victories of 1981 and 1982. Nottingham Forest finished fifth and secured a place in the UEFA Cup. Brighton & Hove Albion, who took Manchester United to a replay in the FA Cup final, went down in bottom place after four seasons in the First Division. Swansea City, who had finished sixth on their First Division debut a year earlier, were unable to maintain their fine form for a second season, and went down in second place from bottom. The final relegation place went to Manchester City, whose 17-year stay in the First Division was ended in the final minutes of the final game of the season, when a Raddy Antic goal gave visitors Luton Town a 1-0 victory and saved them from an immediate return to the Second Division. For the first time in eight years, there were no English clubs winning European trophies this season. Final table main WDL First Division World Football LIV, WAT, MUN, TOT, NFO, AVL, EVE, WHU, IPS, ARS, WBA, SOU, STK, NOR, NTC, SUN, BIR, LUT, COV, MCI, SWA, BHA EC1R UC1R CWC1R UC1R UC1R UC1R REL RCWCPR REL complete 16 10 16 58 56 21 5 16 62 50 12 14 16 40 55 9 13 20 38 68 13 9 20 48 59 18 10 14 66 48 15 13 14 64 50 24 10 8 87 37 12 13 17 65 84 13 8 21 47 70 19 13 10 56 38 14 12 16 52 58 20 9 13 62 50 15 7 20 55 71 15 12 15 54 58 16 9 17 53 64 12 14 16 48 61 10 11 21 51 69 20 9 13 65 50 22 5 15 74 57 15 12 15 51 49 20 4 18 68 62 C R R R Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Brighton & Hove Albion Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United 5 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round Manchester United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1982–83 FA Cup winners. red1 Relegation to the Second Division red1 Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round and relegation to the Second Division Swansea City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round as the 1983 Welsh Cup winners. Results main FBR grey ARS AST BIR BHA COV EVE IPS LIV LUT MCI MUN NWC NOT NTC SOU STK SUN SWA TOT WAT WBA WHU Arsenal 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–4 2–0 2–3 Aston Villa 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–4 4–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 4–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–3 2–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 Birmingham City 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–2 1–2 0–4 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–4 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–4 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 Coventry City 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 4–2 4–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–4 Everton 2–3 5–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–5 5–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 Ipswich Town 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–3 4–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 6–1 1–2 Liverpool 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 3–3 5–2 0–0 0–2 4–3 5–1 5–0 5–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 Luton Town 2–2 2–1 3–1 5–0 1–2 1–5 1–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 5–3 3–3 0–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 Manchester City 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–1 0–4 0–1 1–2 4–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 Manchester United 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 Norwich City 3–1 1–0 5–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–3 1–1 Nottingham Forest 3–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 4–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–3 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 Notts County 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 5–1 1–0 0–6 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–2 3–2 1–2 4–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 Southampton 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 3–2 2–2 4–1 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–4 4–1 3–0 Stoke City 2–1 0–3 1–1 3–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–4 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 4–0 0–3 5–2 Sunderland 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 4–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 Swansea City 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–3 2–0 4–1 0–0 4–0 0–3 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–5 Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 4–1 4–2 6–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 Watford 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 5–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 5–3 2–0 1–0 8–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 1–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–3 0–1 1–3 1–2 West Ham United 1–3 2–0 5–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–3 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 2–1 0–1 complete Soccerbase Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ipswich Town ENG Bobby Robson Signed by England 30 May 1982 Pre-season ENG Bobby Ferguson 1 June 1982 West Bromwich Albion ENG Ronnie Allen Became general manager 1 June 1982 SCO Ron Wylie 1 June 1982 Notts County SCO Jimmy Sirrel 8 June 1982 ENG Howard Wilkinson 8 June 1982 Brighton & Hove Albion ENG Mike Bailey Sacked 6 December 1982 18th ENG Jimmy Melia 6 December 1982 Manchester City ENG John Bond 3 February 1983 9th SCO John Benson 3 February 1983 Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1982–1983 Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Arsenal Tottenham Watford West Ham England none 400 Locations of the Football League First Division 1982–1983 teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.54 -1.87 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 51.65 -0.40 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 51.54 0.040 right Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Brighton & Hove Coventry Everton Ipswich Town Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Southampton Stoke Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham Second Division Second Division 1982–83 Queens Park Rangers Queens Park RangersWolverhampton WanderersLeicester City Rotherham UnitedBurnleyBolton Wanderers Gary Lineker(26 goals) 462 1244 1981–82 1983–84 main WDL Second Division QPR, WOL, LEI, FUL, NEW, SHW, OLD, LEE, SHR, BAR, BLB, CAM, DER, CRL, CRY, MID, CHA, CHE, GRI, ROT, BUR, BOL PRO PRO PRO REL REL REL complete 14 15 13 57 55 15 12 15 58 58 11 11 20 42 61 12 8 22 56 66 13 12 17 42 60 12 12 18 68 70 13 9 20 63 86 11 14 17 51 61 12 12 18 43 52 10 19 13 49 58 20 9 13 64 47 12 11 19 45 70 13 21 8 51 46 20 10 12 72 44 11 15 16 46 67 18 13 11 75 53 14 19 9 64 47 26 7 9 77 36 10 15 17 45 68 16 15 11 60 47 15 14 13 48 48 20 15 7 68 44 C, P P P R R R Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Cambridge United Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Crystal Palace Derby County Fulham Grimsby Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Oldham Athletic Queens Park Rangers Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored R green1 Promotion to the First Division red1 Relegation to the Third Division Results main FBR grey BAR BLB BOL BUR CAM CRL CHA CHE CRY DER FUL GRI LEE LEI MID NEW OLD QPR ROT SHW SHR WOL Barnsley 2–2 3–1 3–0 2–3 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 4–3 4–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–5 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–3 3–0 2–3 1–0 2–2 Bolton Wanderers 0–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 3–1 3–1 2–3 3–2 2–2 0–2 1–4 0–1 Burnley 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 7–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–4 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–2 0–1 Cambridge United 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–4 1–4 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 Carlisle United 1–1 3–1 5–0 1–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 3–2 2–3 2–2 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 4–2 2–3 0–2 Charlton Athletic 3–2 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 5–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 2–0 4–1 1–3 1–5 0–3 0–1 3–3 Chelsea 0–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 6–0 4–2 3–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 5–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 Crystal Palace 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–4 Derby County 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–3 0–4 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 Fulham 1–0 3–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 Grimsby Town 1–2 5–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 2–0 0–3 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 Leeds United 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 Leicester City 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 4–0 6–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 3–2 5–0 Middlesbrough 2–0 1–5 1–0 1–4 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–3 1–4 1–4 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 Newcastle United 1–2 3–2 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–4 4–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 Oldham Athletic 1–1 0–0 2–3 3–0 3–0 4–3 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 Queens Park Rangers 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 5–1 1–2 0–0 4–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 6–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 0–2 4–0 2–1 Rotherham United 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–5 1–3 0–0 0–3 0–3 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 5–4 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 Shrewsbury Town 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–4 3–0 3–0 0–3 4–0 2–2 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 complete Soccerbase Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1982–1983 Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.398 -0.085 right Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Charlton Athletic Chelsea Crystal Palace Fulham Queens Park Rangers England none 400 Locations of the Football League Second Division 1982–1983 teams England 53.55 -1.48 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 52.21 0.12 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 51.47 0.07 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 51.40 -0.085 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 51.54 -0.26 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 53.41 -1.50 right England 52.71 -2.75 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bolton Burnley Cambridge Utd Carlisle United Charlton Chelsea Crystal Palace Derby County Fulham Grimsby Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Newcastle Oldham QPR Rotherham Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Wolverhampton Wanderers Third Division Football LeagueThird Division 1982–83 Portsmouth (2nd title) Promoted Cardiff CityHuddersfield Town Relegated ReadingWrexhamDoncaster RoversChesterfield Kerry Dixon (Reading), 26 552 1617 1981–82 1983–84 main WDL Third Division PR 5 POR Portsmouth CAR Cardiff City HUD Huddersfield Town NPC Newport County OXF Oxford United LIN Lincoln City BRR Bristol Rovers PLY Plymouth Argyle BRE Brentford WAL Walsall SHU Sheffield United BRA Bradford City GIL Gillingham BOU Bournemouth STD Southend United PNE Preston North End MIL Millwall WIG Wigan Athletic EXE Exeter City ORI Orient REA Reading WRE Wrexham DON Doncaster Rovers CHF Chesterfield 27 10 9 74 41 25 11 10 76 50 23 13 10 84 49 23 9 14 76 54 22 12 12 71 53 23 7 16 77 51 22 9 15 84 58 19 8 19 61 66 18 10 18 88 77 17 13 16 64 63 19 7 20 62 64 16 13 17 68 69 16 13 17 58 59 16 13 17 59 68 15 14 17 66 65 15 13 18 60 69 14 13 19 64 77 15 9 22 60 72 14 12 20 81 104 15 9 22 64 88 12 17 17 64 79 12 15 19 56 76 9 11 26 57 97 8 13 25 43 68 CP P P R R R R green1 Promotion to the Second Division P P P red1 Relegation to the Fourth Division R R R R complete Results main FBR grey BOU BRA BRE BRR CAR CHF DON EXE GIL HUD LIN MIL NPC ORI OXF PLY POR PNE REA SHU STD WAL WIG WRE Bournemouth 2-2 4-3 0-0 3-1 2-1 2-2 2-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 3-0 0-1 2-0 2-0 1-0 0-2 4-0 1-1 0-0 0-2 3-0 2-2 1-1 Bradford City 2-3 0-1 2-0 4-2 1-0 1-0 3-3 1-1 3-1 1-1 0-0 4-2 2-3 3-2 4-0 2-2 1-2 3-2 2-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 Brentford 2-1 0-2 5-1 1-3 4-2 1-0 4-0 1-1 1-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 5-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 3-1 1-2 2-1 4-2 2-3 1-3 4-1 Bristol Rovers 1-1 4-1 2-0 1-1 3-0 2-0 4-4 2-1 1-0 1-2 4-0 1-3 2-1 0-1 2-0 5-1 3-2 3-0 2-1 2-2 2-0 4-0 4-0 Cardiff City 1-1 1-0 3-1 3-1 1-1 3-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 3-0 3-2 2-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 3-1 0-0 2-0 4-1 3-1 3-2 1-2 Chesterfield 0-0 3-0 2-1 0-0 0-1 3-3 1-3 1-2 0-1 1-3 0-1 3-1 1-2 1-2 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-0 3-1 0-2 0-0 2-0 5-1 Doncaster Rovers 2-1 1-2 4-4 1-2 2-2 0-0 6-1 0-2 0-4 2-2 2-1 0-0 0-3 0-1 2-2 0-2 2-0 7-5 2-0 0-0 1-3 3-6 1-1 Exeter City 4-2 2-1 1-7 0-1 0-2 2-3 3-0 2-2 3-4 3-1 2-1 0-1 2-0 3-1 1-0 1-1 5-1 2-2 0-3 4-3 4-3 2-1 3-3 Gillingham 2-5 3-0 2-2 1-0 2-3 3-1 1-1 4-4 1-3 0-2 1-0 2-0 4-0 0-1 2-1 1-0 2-1 1-0 0-2 1-0 3-0 0-2 1-1 Huddersfield Town 0-0 6-3 2-0 3-1 4-0 3-1 3-0 1-1 3-2 1-1 5-1 1-0 6-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 3-1 0-0 2-1 2-2 1-1 4-1 Lincoln City 9-0 1-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-0 5-1 4-1 3-1 1-2 3-1 1-4 2-0 1-1 1-2 0-3 3-0 4-0 3-0 0-1 2-1 2-1 2-0 Millwall 2-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 0-4 1-1 3-0 5-2 4-1 3-0 2-1 3-0 0-1 2-1 2-2 0-2 1-0 1-1 1-2 3-1 2-2 2-0 1-1 Newport County 5-1 1-1 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 2-1 1-0 2-2 4-1 1-2 2-2 0-3 3-0 1-0 3-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 4-0 Orient 5-0 0-1 3-3 1-5 4-0 2-0 1-0 5-1 2-0 1-3 1-1 2-3 1-5 1-5 0-2 2-1 2-1 3-3 4-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 0-0 Oxford United 2-0 5-1 2-2 4-2 2-2 1-0 3-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 0-3 2-2 1-1 1-1 3-2 1-2 0-0 1-0 4-2 2-0 2-0 Plymouth Argyle 2-0 3-1 2-0 0-4 3-2 2-0 1-2 1-0 2-0 2-1 0-2 3-1 2-4 2-0 2-1 0-1 1-1 3-0 3-1 1-0 0-0 0-2 2-0 Portsmouth 0-2 0-1 2-1 1-0 0-0 4-0 2-1 3-2 1-0 3-2 4-1 2-0 1-2 2-2 1-0 2-1 3-1 2-2 4-1 2-0 1-0 0-0 3-0 Preston North End 0-1 0-0 3-0 2-2 2-1 1-1 4-1 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 3-2 0-0 2-1 1-2 2-2 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 4-1 3-0 Reading 2-1 2-1 1-1 1-2 1-2 0-0 2-0 3-1 0-0 1-1 1-1 3-3 4-2 3-0 0-3 3-2 1-2 2-3 2-0 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-0 Sheffield United 2-2 2-1 1-2 2-1 2-0 3-1 3-1 3-0 0-2 2-0 0-1 1-1 2-0 3-0 3-2 3-1 2-1 2-1 1-1 0-1 3-1 2-0 2-0 Southend United 0-0 1-1 4-2 1-0 1-2 2-0 3-2 1-1 1-1 0-1 2-0 1-1 1-4 1-1 1-2 3-1 4-0 2-3 4-2 3-1 1-1 2-0 2-2 Walsall 3-1 1-1 2-1 5-0 1-2 0-1 1-0 3-2 0-0 2-0 1-1 4-0 2-1 2-0 1-0 2-0 0-3 2-1 2-1 0-0 1-3 2-0 1-1 Wigan Athletic 1-2 3-2 3-2 0-5 0-0 2-2 0-3 1-0 2-2 2-0 2-1 3-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 3-0 0-1 0-1 2-2 3-2 4-0 1-3 3-1 Wrexham 1-0 0-4 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 5-0 1-2 1-0 1-1 0-1 4-3 1-0 1-0 1-1 2-3 0-2 3-1 4-0 4-1 3-2 4-0 1-1 complete Soccerbase Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1982–1983 Greater London 51.486 -0.31 right Greater London 51.560 -0.012 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Brentford Orient Millwall England none 400 Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1982–1983 England 50.73 -1.84 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 51.486 -0.32 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 51.56 -0.01 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 51.72 -1.21 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 53.37 -1.47 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 53.55 -2.65 right England 53.03 -2.98 right Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Chesterfield Doncaster Exeter City Gillingham Huddersfield Orient Lincoln City Millwall Oxford Newport County Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Reading Sheffield United Southend Walsall Wigan Athletic Wrexham Fourth Division Football LeagueFourth Division 1982–83 Wimbledon (1st title) Promoted Hull CityPort ValeScunthorpe United Failed re-election None New club in the league Steve Cammack (Scunthorpe United), 25 552 1502 1981–82 1983–84 main WDL Fourth Division P 5 WDN Wimbledon HUL Hull City PTV Port Vale SCU Scunthorpe United BRY Bury COL Colchester United YOR York City SWI Swindon Town PET Peterborough United MAN Mansfield Town HAL Halifax Town TOR Torquay United CHE Chester City BRI Bristol City NOR Northampton Town STP Stockport County DAR Darlington ALD Aldershot TRA Tranmere Rovers ROC Rochdale BLP Blackpool HAR Hartlepool United CRE Crewe Alexandra HER Hereford United 29 11 6 96 45 25 15 6 75 34 26 10 10 67 34 23 14 9 71 42 23 12 11 74 46 24 9 13 75 55 22 13 11 88 58 19 11 16 61 54 17 13 16 58 52 16 13 17 61 70 16 12 18 59 66 17 7 22 56 65 15 11 20 55 60 13 17 16 59 70 14 12 20 65 75 14 12 20 60 79 13 13 20 61 71 12 15 19 61 82 13 11 22 49 71 11 16 19 55 73 13 12 21 55 74 13 9 24 46 76 11 8 27 53 71 11 8 27 42 79 -2 Blackpool had two points deducted. CP P P P green1 Promotion to the Third Division P P P P red2 Re-elected REE REE REE REE complete Results main FBR grey ALD BLP BRI BRY CHE COL CRE DAR HAL HAR HER HUL MAN NOR PET PTV ROC SCU STP SWI TOR TRA WDN YOR Aldershot 2-1 0-0 1-1 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-6 6-1 0-2 2-1 1-2 2-1 3-0 2-0 1-4 6-4 1-1 2-1 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 2-3 Blackpool 4-1 1-4 1-1 1-1 1-2 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-2 5-1 1-1 2-1 0-0 0-3 2-0 1-0 3-1 0-0 2-1 1-0 0-2 1-1 1-1 Bristol City 2-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-2 2-1 2-2 3-0 2-0 1-1 2-1 3-1 1-3 1-0 1-3 0-0 0-2 2-2 1-1 0-1 1-0 4-2 2-2 Bury 3-1 4-1 2-2 3-2 1-0 0-1 3-0 2-0 4-0 3-2 2-3 1-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 3-2 0-0 3-0 3-0 1-3 2-1 Chester City 1-1 1-2 1-0 0-1 1-1 1-0 2-3 2-0 2-1 5-0 0-0 1-3 2-1 1-1 1-0 5-2 1-2 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 Colchester United 0-0 4-1 3-1 2-1 1-0 4-3 2-2 1-0 4-1 3-2 0-0 2-0 3-1 1-0 1-2 4-1 5-1 3-0 1-0 1-0 3-3 3-0 0-0 Crewe Alexandra 0-0 3-1 4-1 3-3 3-2 0-1 2-5 1-1 3-0 3-1 0-3 1-2 1-0 0-3 1-2 1-1 0-1 3-0 3-0 1-1 0-1 0-2 2-1 Darlington 1-1 0-1 2-2 1-2 0-2 1-3 1-1 1-2 2-1 2-1 1-2 0-0 2-0 4-3 0-0 3-0 0-1 3-1 1-0 0-2 1-0 0-2 1-3 Halifax Town 1-3 2-0 2-2 1-0 0-0 4-0 0-3 2-0 1-1 2-2 1-2 0-0 2-0 1-2 0-2 0-0 3-1 1-0 1-0 3-0 1-2 1-1 2-2 Hartlepool United 1-1 2-1 3-1 0-1 1-0 1-4 1-0 2-0 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-4 2-1 0-0 2-2 3-0 0-0 3-2 1-2 0-2 4-0 1-0 2-0 Hereford United 2-1 0-0 1-3 0-2 5-2 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 0-2 1-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 0-2 0-0 1-2 0-1 1-0 1-4 0-0 Hull City 2-2 3-1 1-0 2-1 2-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 2-0 2-2 4-0 4-1 1-0 2-1 1-1 7-0 0-0 4-1 0-1 1-1 4-0 Mansfield Town 4-1 2-1 1-1 1-4 2-1 1-1 1-0 0-2 1-2 3-0 0-1 3-1 2-0 0-0 0-2 2-1 0-2 1-0 1-0 2-1 1-1 2-2 2-2 Northampton Town 1-1 2-1 7-1 0-3 1-1 2-1 4-0 3-3 3-1 3-1 2-1 1-2 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-1 2-1 2-3 0-1 2-0 1-0 2-2 1-1 Peterborough United 0-0 3-1 3-0 1-1 0-1 2-1 2-1 1-1 2-1 2-1 4-0 1-1 3-2 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 4-3 1-3 3-0 0-3 2-2 Port Vale 2-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-1 2-1 2-1 3-0 2-0 1-0 4-1 1-2 2-1 4-0 0-1 2-3 3-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 2-1 Rochdale 3-1 3-1 1-0 0-0 0-1 2-1 0-1 1-1 2-2 2-0 4-1 1-3 2-2 2-0 1-1 3-3 0-1 1-0 1-1 2-2 4-2 0-2 1-0 Scunthorpe United 1-1 4-3 1-1 0-1 2-0 2-1 2-0 2-2 2-0 3-0 1-2 0-1 2-2 5-1 3-0 1-0 1-1 3-0 2-0 2-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 Stockport County 2-1 3-0 2-2 2-1 3-3 3-0 3-2 2-1 4-2 1-1 2-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-2 2-2 1-1 1-2 1-0 3-2 1-3 2-1 Swindon Town 2-0 3-3 2-0 1-1 2-3 3-0 1-0 1-2 0-1 3-0 3-2 0-1 4-0 1-5 1-0 1-0 4-1 2-2 2-0 2-1 4-2 0-1 3-2 Torquay United 4-2 1-3 0-2 2-3 0-1 2-0 2-1 1-0 1-3 3-2 2-1 0-0 match_TOR_MAN 3-1 3-1 2-1 0-1 3-2 1-1 3-0 1-1 3-0 0-1 1-3 Tranmere Rovers 1-1 1-1 2-2 1-1 2-4 2-4 1-1 2-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 0-1 3-0 2-1 1-0 0-2 0-0 0-4 1-1 2-0 2-0 0-2 3-0 Wimbledon 6-1 5-0 2-1 2-1 4-0 2-1 3-2 3-1 2-4 2-0 1-0 1-2 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-0 3-0 2-2 2-1 0-0 4-1 4-0 4-3 York City 4-0 2-0 3-0 3-1 1-0 3-0 2-0 5-2 3-2 5-1 5-1 1-0 6-1 5-2 1-1 0-0 1-0 2-1 3-1 0-0 1-1 2-1 1-4 complete Soccerbase Maps England left 400 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1982–1983 England 51.25 -0.75 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 51.89 0.90 right England 53.10 -2.44 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 52.06 -2.72 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 52.58 -0.25 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.58 -0.65 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 51.43 -0.19 right England 53.96 -1.08 right Aldershot Blackpool Bristol City Bury Chester Colchester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Halifax Town Hartlepool Hereford United Hull Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe & Lindsey Stockport Swindon Torquay Tranmere Wimbledon York City Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1982–1983 51.43 -0.19 right Wimbledon Election/re-election to the Football League This year Enfield, the winners of the Alliance Premier League, could not apply for election because they did not meet Football League requirements, so second-placed Maidstone United won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1982–83 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows: Club Final Position Votes Blackpool 21st (Fourth Division) 52 Crewe Alexandra 23rd (Fourth Division) 49 Hereford United 24th (Fourth Division) 49 Hartlepool United 22nd (Fourth Division) 36 Maidstone United 2nd (Alliance Premier League) 26 As a result of this, all four Football League teams were re-elected, and Maidstone United were denied membership of the League. Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1983.htm Historical attendances First Division { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester United 21 41,555 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Liverpool FC 21 34,758 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Tottenham Hotspur 21 30,581 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester City 21 26,789 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Arsenal FC 21 24,153 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Aston Villa 21 23,748 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Ham United 21 22,822 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Everton FC 21 20,277 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Ipswich Town 21 19,646 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Watford FC 21 19,488 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Southampton FC 21 18,779 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Nottingham Forest 21 17,851 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sunderland AFC 21 17,370 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Norwich City 21 16,862 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Stoke City 21 16,622 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Birmingham City 21 15,638 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Bromwich Albion 21 15,200 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Brighton & Hove Albion 21 14,662 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Luton Town 21 13,452 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Swansea City 21 11,704 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Coventry City 21 10,552 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Notts County 21 10,266 - } Second Division #Football clubHome gamesAverage attendance _row_count Newcastle United 21 24,166 _row_count Sheffield Wednesday 21 16,835 _row_count Leeds United 21 15,994 _row_count Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 15,667 _row_count Derby County 21 13,601 _row_count Queens Park Rangers 21 12,807 _row_count Chelsea 21 12,672 _row_count Leicester City 21 12,380 _row_count Barnsley FC 21 12,341 _row_count Fulham 21 10,826 _row_count Middlesbrough FC 21 10,018 _row_count Crystal Palace 21 9,887 _row_count Burnley FC 21 9,085 _row_count Rotherham United 21 8,317 _row_count Grimsby Town 21 7,741 _row_count Bolton Wanderers 21 7,552 _row_count Charlton Athletic 21 7,213 _row_count Blackburn Rovers 21 7,103 _row_count Oldham Athletic 21 6,962 _row_count Carlisle United 21 5,944 _row_count Shrewsbury Town 21 5,277 _row_count Cambridge United 21 4,513 See also 1982–83 in English football References 1982–83 1–4